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here is mitch mcconnell early this morning. >> we're still working on the parameters of it, very close of being able -- i am, to my members, that this is something they ought to be able to support. >> joining me now is msnbc white house correspondent mike viqueira. >> good morning. >> are these just fine-tuning details? >> it appears with each passing minute they are very, very close. i think democrats for whatever reason, their motivation are a little bit not quite out over the ski tips as mcconnell and republicans are, david plouffe today on "meet the press," saying there is no agreement yet, but clearly the framework for an agreement is in place and here are basic details. they would increase the debt ceiling by $2.8 trillion, according to what's on the table. that meets the president's demand of raising it high enough that congress wouldn't have to vote again specifically on raising the debt ceiling. right off the top work $1 trillion in discretionary spending cuts, there would be a clean vote on the balanced budget amendment in the senate. remember, they have not yet done so, no r
here is mitch mcconnell early this morning. >> we're still working on the parameters of it, very close of being able -- i am, to my members, that this is something they ought to be able to support. >> joining me now is msnbc white house correspondent mike viqueira. >> good morning. >> are these just fine-tuning details? >> it appears with each passing minute they are very, very close. i think democrats for whatever reason, their motivation are a little bit not...
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. >> it looks pretty say spai shows behind you. the tree is gone. >> yeah, there were violent storms that came through last week on sunday. an old helm suffered as a result. >> mike viqueira at the white house, thank you. >>> it is a working weekend for presidential candidates in major primary states. in iowa, michele bachmann weighed in on a debt debate after the opening of her iowa campaign headquarters. she said don't let them scare you, we aren't going to the polls because revenue continues going in. she also launched attacks on the president's economic plan. >> we're now two years into president obama's recovery. president obama's recovery has a 9.2% unemployment rate. this is not working for millions of unemployed americans. >> jon huntsman is not participating in the iowa primary. he gave a pretty clear indication why at a campaign event in florida. >> if you own florida, you own the presidency. >> he also called the $14 trillion debt a cancer growing in this country that needs to be read ated and cut out. >>> the u.s. may d
. >> it looks pretty say spai shows behind you. the tree is gone. >> yeah, there were violent storms that came through last week on sunday. an old helm suffered as a result. >> mike viqueira at the white house, thank you. >>> it is a working weekend for presidential candidates in major primary states. in iowa, michele bachmann weighed in on a debt debate after the opening of her iowa campaign headquarters. she said don't let them scare you, we aren't going to the...
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early sunday morning after 12 long hours with no break at all. meantime, the house is also meeting this afternoon, and it is planning to revote to reject the senate's bill before it's even passed. if you think that sounds like a bad sign for reaching a deal, listen to this. >> the minority leader just told the majority leader that he will not negotiate with him. that is really quite extraordinary. the republican leader mcconnell has told the majority leader reid that he will not negotiate with him. he will only negotiate with the president. i have been here 25 years. i have never heard anything like that. >> the news conference late last night after the chamber killed a detmer that was passed by the house. sfwroo the senate is the only way out of this mess. you have seen the huge difficulties in the house, their inability to even tie their own shoes. >> to think with a straight face that they've spent something that the american people would accept, the ryan budget, cap and cut, whatever that is, and then this thing. that's not lejsz las vegas. t
early sunday morning after 12 long hours with no break at all. meantime, the house is also meeting this afternoon, and it is planning to revote to reject the senate's bill before it's even passed. if you think that sounds like a bad sign for reaching a deal, listen to this. >> the minority leader just told the majority leader that he will not negotiate with him. that is really quite extraordinary. the republican leader mcconnell has told the majority leader reid that he will not negotiate...
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they're sort of caught in this catch 22. they need to have a job in order to get ae job, and they feel very trapped. actually, this kind of discrimination is not new to the current economic situation. i was talking about an economist earlier today who was saying that actually in the great depression there was a similar sort of ethos in the marketplace in that a lot of employers were saying we won't hire the elderly or we won't hire, you know, women or whatever, and just as that felt unfair in the great depression, it feels very unfair today. especially for workers who are desperately in need of getting a regular paycheck. >> yeah. absolutely. well, thank you for the update, nonetheless. appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> a make or break moment today in the amanda knox appeal. the battle over dna evidence heats up in her case. we're live in italy with those details. >>> and this new day dawning in washington with no solution yet to the debt ceiling standoff. there are lots of moving parts down the hill and at the white house.
they're sort of caught in this catch 22. they need to have a job in order to get ae job, and they feel very trapped. actually, this kind of discrimination is not new to the current economic situation. i was talking about an economist earlier today who was saying that actually in the great depression there was a similar sort of ethos in the marketplace in that a lot of employers were saying we won't hire the elderly or we won't hire, you know, women or whatever, and just as that felt unfair in...
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particularly in places like somalia and pakistan. what's driving them to join these organizations is not cartoons. it's irresponsible parents who are trying to put their own political ideals in their kids. that's what we should be going after. not the cartoons. >> remember in the israeli-palestinian conflict when it was said the conflict itself would never end until moms loved their children more than they hated the israelis. i think in this case with al qaeda, much the same could be said. >> yep. that's true. >> thanks. >>> congress is still trying to negotiate a deal on the debt ceiling. there have been warnings about the impact on the u.s. economy. but it will also have an impact on you and your town. >>> plus an update on the memphis school shutdown over a $55 million tab. the city sent the school system $3 million so far. will the doors open on august 8th as planned? i talk with both sides of that debate. ben and his family live on this block. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. re/max agents know their
particularly in places like somalia and pakistan. what's driving them to join these organizations is not cartoons. it's irresponsible parents who are trying to put their own political ideals in their kids. that's what we should be going after. not the cartoons. >> remember in the israeli-palestinian conflict when it was said the conflict itself would never end until moms loved their children more than they hated the israelis. i think in this case with al qaeda, much the same could be...
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not just in the northwest of pakistan. not just in afghanistan, but as a conduit for weapons equipment, money, and recruits to al qaeda operations and the taliban operations every where. very bad place, and no matter what the pakistani government says, it's not helping like it should to get rid of these guys. >> all right. >> by the way, we're as i understanding them billions of dollars. >> just to make that point and everyone go, oh. thank you very much, jack jacobs. >> you're welcome. >>> now to weekend weather. the northeast is drying out this morning after torrential ransz. in connecticut the cromwell had firefighters responded to flooding at the station. firefighters had the playing sand bagged try to keep the water from seeping in. nbc meteorologist bill karins, good morning to you, bill. >> good morning, alex. we got rid of all the bad stuff on friday. that was the good thing. we have watched a nice clearing trend in new england. a beautiful morning in the mid-atlantic. now it's starting to heat up. the sun is beati
not just in the northwest of pakistan. not just in afghanistan, but as a conduit for weapons equipment, money, and recruits to al qaeda operations and the taliban operations every where. very bad place, and no matter what the pakistani government says, it's not helping like it should to get rid of these guys. >> all right. >> by the way, we're as i understanding them billions of dollars. >> just to make that point and everyone go, oh. thank you very much, jack jacobs. >>...
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it's going to be hot today and through the early part of the week for a lot of areas. we're also tracking some storms in the northern tier of the country moving across parts of minnesota into wisconsin. heavy rain, gusty winds as well around eau claire around the lacrosse area. minneapolis is dealing with showers as well as some thunderstorm activity out there. as we head through the day, we'll be tracking the risk for severe storms back off towards the east getting over towards green bay. damaging winds and hail will be a threat. more storms forming back towards the west try portions of the northern plains, and back even into portions of the front range of the rockies, we'll be watching for that. risk for tornado on the low end of the scale but can't rule it out with any storms that fire up as we head through the day all thanks to the storm system and frontal boundary moving flew the upper midwest. showers and storms in minneapolis this morning, working towards the east as we hid into minute, chicago getting in on the act. by tuesday, the interior parts of the northea
it's going to be hot today and through the early part of the week for a lot of areas. we're also tracking some storms in the northern tier of the country moving across parts of minnesota into wisconsin. heavy rain, gusty winds as well around eau claire around the lacrosse area. minneapolis is dealing with showers as well as some thunderstorm activity out there. as we head through the day, we'll be tracking the risk for severe storms back off towards the east getting over towards green bay....
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you can watch them and it caused laughter in the courtroom when they showed cops handling evidence like it was a cheeseburger, droping it on the floor and photographing it and sending it off for testing. this was an object that was there for 46 days. people already went through the house. you can imagine the contamination possibilities there. >> it sounds like a bunch of keystone cops, invoking laughter over a serious matter. you have been following this case from the finger and you heard a amanda is doing and how he is holding up. >> it was interesting to see her in court with all the smiling because we were see her looking downcast and her codefendant was smiling the entire time does and so were her parents on the defense side. on the prosecution side it was not a happy week. >> you can imagine. is this because of the smiles on a mappeda and her family appears confident that she will win and be set free? i know her mom said she expects amanda to be home for christmas, but are you concerned the family is overconfident? >> i don't think so. the press and there saying she has a good chan
you can watch them and it caused laughter in the courtroom when they showed cops handling evidence like it was a cheeseburger, droping it on the floor and photographing it and sending it off for testing. this was an object that was there for 46 days. people already went through the house. you can imagine the contamination possibilities there. >> it sounds like a bunch of keystone cops, invoking laughter over a serious matter. you have been following this case from the finger and you heard...
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navy zeals when they invatd bin laden's compound in pakistan show the strains inside bin laden's terror network. he was spending as much time dealing with al qaeda's struggles as he was dealing with no terror attacks. good morning. >> good morning, alex. >> what's this information telling us? >> a great deal about the organization which was now fragmented, difficult to control and finance. apparently riddled with trade traitors. it demonstrates that osama bin laden was obsessed with the follow up attack on the united states after 9/11. despite the fact that lots oof people in the organization wanted to work harder to establish a -- across the muslim war. he was focused on the united states and a big follow up, a big splashy attack which never occurred. >> all this from this new report in "the washington post" telling us al qaeda groups were complaining about the drone attacks which shows that they were working. >> they were indeed. matter of fact a large number of complaints about drone attacks. he himself in several emails talked about his concern that his ranks were being thinned. the
navy zeals when they invatd bin laden's compound in pakistan show the strains inside bin laden's terror network. he was spending as much time dealing with al qaeda's struggles as he was dealing with no terror attacks. good morning. >> good morning, alex. >> what's this information telling us? >> a great deal about the organization which was now fragmented, difficult to control and finance. apparently riddled with trade traitors. it demonstrates that osama bin laden was...
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he was recruited by another agencies the jordanians and sent to pakistan. what was really a mission with little expectations, he wasn't a trained spy. but there was a hope that because he was a doctor because of his medical conditions he could get into the tribal areas. it helped us on drone strikes. started to get us very close to thinking we could take out senior al qaeda leaders. his information was really good. >> very quickly, you just said nobody had ever seen him, is that how he was able to infiltrate that base? >> when you have a good agent you go to all kind measures to protect his identity. they didn't want anybody to see him. everything was focused on trying to get in man into a cia base before anybody could see him. he had three layers of security without being searched until he was within the presence of a cia officer and then he blew up a 30 pound bomb on his chest. >> a stunning defeat for the cia. >> the book is stunning. good luck with the book. thanks for joining us. >> gone without a trace, the investigation into the disappearance of a 9-
he was recruited by another agencies the jordanians and sent to pakistan. what was really a mission with little expectations, he wasn't a trained spy. but there was a hope that because he was a doctor because of his medical conditions he could get into the tribal areas. it helped us on drone strikes. started to get us very close to thinking we could take out senior al qaeda leaders. his information was really good. >> very quickly, you just said nobody had ever seen him, is that how he...
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in iraq and afghanistan beyond when we're not going to have war, you know, we're not going to attack pakistan, they can declare that as a saving too. but here's the problem, and the congressman stated it well. there are aspects of the two plans that are acceptable, and the president has vetoed those, and that is why mitch mcconnell is saying to harry reid, look, you're not going to impose your plan on a senate, 47 members who are republicans, we're going to have to deal. and i think they are going to deal, alex. they're going to send something back over to the house, and i think the house will probably have to pass it on monday or tuesday. >> okay. morris, did you think harry reid has given up too many with this bill, and do you think he's going to have to give up more to get republican support? >> i think there's going to be a lot of compromise. and remember, compromise is not a bad word. in this town, some days compromise seems like a bad word, but that's what you do when you negotiate. when you don't have an absolute majority, you have to give a little to get a little. and for some reason,
in iraq and afghanistan beyond when we're not going to have war, you know, we're not going to attack pakistan, they can declare that as a saving too. but here's the problem, and the congressman stated it well. there are aspects of the two plans that are acceptable, and the president has vetoed those, and that is why mitch mcconnell is saying to harry reid, look, you're not going to impose your plan on a senate, 47 members who are republicans, we're going to have to deal. and i think they are...
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this report out of the "new york times" says the aid could resume if pakistan takes tougher action against the taliban as well as al qaeda. meanwhile, defense secretary leon panetta is in afghanistan as i was mentioning. panetta is meeting with american military leaders as well as afghan officials. atia abawi is in kabul, afghanistan. he's making strong remarks when it comes to al qaeda and how he wants to continue stamping them out. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. that's absolutely right. on his flight from d.c. to kabul he did speak to reporter on the plane that he was on about al qaeda and said that the strategic defeat of al qaeda was within reach, pointing to the death of osama bin laden, pointing to the information that we were able to retrieve from his compound, including the names of key leaders that they'd like to go after. and he says that this is the time to go after al qaeda. let's listen to what he had to say. >> now is the moment following what happened with bin laden to put maximum pressure on them. because i do believe that if we continue this effort, that we can really
this report out of the "new york times" says the aid could resume if pakistan takes tougher action against the taliban as well as al qaeda. meanwhile, defense secretary leon panetta is in afghanistan as i was mentioning. panetta is meeting with american military leaders as well as afghan officials. atia abawi is in kabul, afghanistan. he's making strong remarks when it comes to al qaeda and how he wants to continue stamping them out. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. that's...
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texas and oklahoma are exceeded the annual average number of 100-degree days and it is only early july. here with your saturday forecast is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> a great saturday morning to you. continuing to watch the heat, that's the story of the summer. it is not moving. it is centered right over the top of texas and oklahoma. the jet stream is far to the north. no relief from cool weather. we would like the see the high drift to the east coast or drift to the west coast, but so far this summer we have been warm on the east and west coast but really hot in the middle. and check out the 100-degree days. oklahoma city has had 19100, 19 100-degree days, well above the average. austin and dallas, well behind at 17 and 14. of course, you expect the desert areas of arizona to have a lot. because of all the dry conditions, the drought is just horrible. historic drought conditions, the deep red is where we have the exceptional drought in pretty much the southern third of the nation under drought conditions. the lakes are even starting to dry up in some cases. your forecast today
texas and oklahoma are exceeded the annual average number of 100-degree days and it is only early july. here with your saturday forecast is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> a great saturday morning to you. continuing to watch the heat, that's the story of the summer. it is not moving. it is centered right over the top of texas and oklahoma. the jet stream is far to the north. no relief from cool weather. we would like the see the high drift to the east coast or drift to the west coast,...